Optimus Prime had stayed within the Qihuang Castle Civilization for more than a hundred years.
During those hundred years, he had not been idle. Relying on the cooperation agreement signed by both sides, he had continuously deepened their resource exchange arrangements, gathering and consolidating the Qihuang Castle Civilization's stockpiled idle resources in an unending stream.
By the time he later set out to return to the Mechanical Civilization, he had brought back an astonishing quantity of resources and wealth.
They had nearly filled every resource transport ship he had previously taken with him. Even the various spatial equipment carried by those Mechanical Civilization Beings had been stuffed full.
Before Optimus Prime had left the Mechanical Civilization for Qihuang Castle, many of the Mechanical Civilization's upper echelon had already understood the matter clearly. They knew he had gone with the Mechanical Civilization's goodwill and generous gifts, seeking deep cooperation with the other side.
By all reason, this should have been a diplomatic act in which the Mechanical Civilization proactively spent its wealth to demonstrate sincerity.
Yet no one had expected that, in Optimus Prime's hands, it would forcibly turn into a massive "stocking-up" operation!
Judging solely from the final trade volume between the two sides, the resources Qihuang Castle Civilization had returned and traded were actually 2.5 times greater than the treasures initially offered by the Mechanical Civilization! Such an outcome had completely exceeded everyone's expectations.
Even more unexpectedly, during this transaction, the Gear Beings of the Qihuang Castle Civilization unanimously believed that they had gotten the better end of the bargain from the Mechanical Civilization.
After learning of this, many Mechanical Civilization higher-ups could not help but sigh repeatedly.
It was little wonder that those Giant Gear Beings of the Qihuang Castle Civilization saw things that way. As Gear-type Beings